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  <title>SAL Data Sets - SIDS2</title>
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<h1>SIDS2</h1>

<h2>Data provided "as is," no warranties</h2>

<h2>Description</h2>

<p>Sudden Infant Death Syndrome sample data for North Carolina
   counties, two time periods (1974-78 and 1979-84). Same as
   SIDS data set, except that the computed rates are included.</p>

<p>Type = polygon shape file, unprojected, lat-lon</p>

<p>Observations = 100</p>

<p>Variables = 18</p> 


<h2>Source</h2>

<p>Cressie, Noel (1993). Statistics for Spatial Data.
   New York, Wiley, pp. 386-389. Rates computed.</p>

<h2>Variables</h2>

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      <th>Variable</th>
      <th>Description</th>
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</thead>
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      <td>AREA</td>
      <td>county area (computed by ArcView)</td>
   </tr>
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       <td>PERIMETER</td>
       <td>county perimeter (computed by ArcView)</td>
   </tr>
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       <td>CNTY_</td>
       <td>county internal ID</td>
   </tr>
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       <td>CNTY_ID</td>
       <td>county internal ID</td>
   </tr>
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       <td>NAME</td>
       <td>county name</td>
   </tr>
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       <td>FIPS</td>
       <td>county fips code, as character (state code + county code)</td>
   </tr>
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       <td>FIPSNO</td>
       <td>county fips code, numeric, used in GeoDa User's Guide and tutorials</td>
   </tr>
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       <td>CRESS_ID</td>
       <td>county ID used by Cressie</td>
   </tr>
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       <td>BIR74</td>
       <td>live births, 1974-78</td>
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       <td>SID74</td>
       <td>SIDS deaths, 1974-78</td>
   </tr>
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       <td>NWBIR74</td>
       <td>non-white births, 1974-78</td>
   </tr>
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       <td>BIR79</td>
       <td>live births, 1979-84</td>
   </tr>
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       <td>SID79</td>
       <td>SIDS deaths, 1979-84</td>
   </tr>
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       <td>NWBIR79</td>
       <td>non-white births, 1979-84</td>
   </tr>
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       <td>SIDR74</td>
       <td>SIDS death rate per 1,000 (1974-78)</td>
   </tr>
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       <td>SIDR79</td>
       <td>SIDS death rate per 1,000 (1979-84)</td>
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       <td>NWR74</td>
       <td>non-white birth rate (non-white per 1000 births), 1974-78</td>
   </tr>
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       <td>NWR79</td>
       <td>non-white birth rate (non-white per 1000 births), 1979-84</td>
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<p>Prepared by <a href="mailto:anselin@uiuc.edu">Luc Anselin</a></p>
<p><a href="http://sal.agecon.uiuc.edu">UIUC-ACE Spatial Analysis Laboratory</a></p>
<p>Last updated June 16, 2003</p>
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